Sunday, September 19, 2010

Monday, July 5, 2010

I think that the blog itself has been my favorite activity. I knew some of the things, but I have never even considered blogging before. I think I will keep it up for a while at least. Kind of fun :-)

I'm not sure that it has changed my "lifelong learning goals," but I certainly want to check out what's next in the realm of "things." I've always been kind of an obsessive learner, so "things" will be my flavor of the month until I find the next "thing." One great bonus of this program is that I know new and interesting ways and places to look for great information on any weird subject that blows my way! (Zombies anyone?)

Favorite unexpected bit - I found my daughter's Twitter account. I didn't know she had one, and I certainly didn't know she was searchable. YIKES.

This program is GREAT. Maybe publicize it more? I had heard of "23 Things" but I didn't know what it was or that I would learn so much and enjoy it so much.

Keep me posted if you continue the program. I can't think of a better way to stay up to date, and isn't that what librarians are supposed to do - learn what's out there so we can share it with others!

Well, I've commented on several blogs. My favorites are a blog about renovating a Victorian home (I have the GT obsessive thing), my brother's band mate's blog, and one I found about surviving the End of the World as We Know It... I commented on some from class. I'll go back and finish my class commenting in a few minutes. One thing about commenting is the diffence between a great comment and just a comment.

Two things I think make a comment great are:

1. It keeps discussion going. Let the blogger know what you agree with or disagree with... Ask a question. (I'm still waiting for an answer from one blogger about where she found her super - awesome video! I want to give credit to the person who created it!) READ the blog post first though. If you ask a question that was already answered in the blog you look pretty dumb AND you're wasting time and space on the blog.

2. Post links. If you want to get a discussion going, post a link to your blog. Post links to anything you bring up that is in a web site that you mention. It is really annoying to have a great idea that you cannot take any farther becasue you don't know where the information, idea, or whatever came from!

My Sunday School kids have been working on a video this Summer. We finished a segment spoofing the story of Job in more modern terms - they called it Mean Girls - the Jo B. Story. It turned out pretty cute, and was not too bad for a first attempt. The audio on our little video camera was terrible and the kids had a fit when I said I might put it on here.

I sort of ran out of time on this one - not going to stay up much later, but I may come back and do it after the semester is over. I have a feeling that this week is going to kick my...